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need help fast!!
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 7:56 pm
by Soldier
ok, i just put my computer together and at bios it wont detect my hard drive but it detects my cd-rw and dvd drives.
The dvd drive is on slave and the cd rw is on select which are connected to IDE channel 2.
The hard drive is on master which is connected to IDE channel 1.
specs:
1.4ghz tbird
Soltek 75DRV5
western digital 20gb
lite on cd-rw
afreey 10x dvd
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:36 pm
by mnosteele52
Depending on the HD you may not need any jumpers for it to be the master, some HD's when alone on an IDE cable do not require a jumper.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:06 pm
by Soldier
i've tried it without jumper and it didnt work. i've tried everything and nothing has worked. maybe my hard drive is dead or something.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:09 pm
by Sid
If your board has built in ata100 or raid then your not going to see the drive in bios. You will see the drive after bios flashes by and the controler drive detect comes up.
Did you make sure
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:29 am
by terrancelam
that the IDE Port 1 was enabled? Have you tried the drive on the IDE 2 port?
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 9:47 am
by Ken
Try putting your HD on IDE #2 to verify that #1 isn't bad...
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 11:36 am
by mnosteele52
Also make sure in your BIOS that your IDE channel one is set to "auto" so that it will properly recognize the drive and (not trying to belittle you) but double check the IDE cable so that 1. make sure it is good and 2. you have it connected properly (red stripe closest to power) - sometimes it's the simplist things you overlook, I know I have.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:40 pm
by CAR-15
bad hard drive porbably